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UN numbers for dangerous goods
Every hazardous substance shipped by road, rail, sea or air has a four-digit UN number that identifies it in the ADR, DOT, IMDG and IATA regulations. Curated list of the substances most commonly transported.
Class 2 —
Class 2.1 — Flammable gases
Class 2.2 — Non-flammable, non-toxic gases
Class 2.3 — Toxic gases
Class 3 — Flammable liquids
- PG IIUN1088Acetal
- PG IUN1089Acetaldehyde
- PG IIUN1090Acetone
- PG IIIUN1104Amyl acetates
- PG IIUN1114Benzene
- PG IIIUN1120Butanols
- PG IIIUN1123Butyl acetates
- PG IUN1131Carbon disulphide
- PG IIUN1145Cyclohexane
- PG IIIUN1148Diacetone alcohol
- PG IUN1155Diethyl ether
- PG IIIUN1157Diisobutyl ketone
- PG IIUN1159Diisopropyl ether
- PG IIUN1164Dimethyl sulphide
- PG IIUN1170Ethanol (ethyl alcohol) or ethanol solutions
- PG IIUN1173Ethyl acetate
- PG IIUN1175Ethylbenzene
- PG IIUN1184Ethylene dichloride
- PG IIIUN1188Ethylene glycol monomethyl ether
- PG IIUN1193Ethyl methyl ketone (MEK)
- PG IIIUN1198Formaldehyde solution, flammable
- PG IIIUN1202Diesel fuel / gas oil / heating oil, light
- PG IIUN1203Motor spirit / gasoline / petrol
- PG IIUN1206Heptanes
- PG IIUN1208Hexanes
- PG IIUN1219Isopropanol (isopropyl alcohol)
- PG IIIUN1223Kerosene
- PG IIUN1230Methanol
- PG IIUN1247Methyl methacrylate monomer, stabilised
- UN1263Paint / paint related material
- PG IUN1265Pentanes
- UN1267Petroleum crude oil
- UN1268Petroleum distillates n.o.s. / petroleum products n.o.s.
- PG IIUN1274n-Propanol
- PG IIUN1282Pyridine
- PG IIUN1294Toluene
- PG IIIUN1299Turpentine
- UN1300Turpentine substitute
- PG IIUN1307Xylenes
- PG IIUN1648Acetonitrile
- UN1866Resin solution, flammable
- UN1987Alcohols, n.o.s.
- UN1992Flammable liquid, toxic, n.o.s.
- UN1993Flammable liquid, n.o.s.
- PG IIIUN2238Chlorotoluenes
- UN2924Flammable liquid, corrosive, n.o.s.
Class 4.1 — Flammable solids
Class 4.2 — Substances liable to spontaneous combustion
Class 4.3 — Substances which, in contact with water, emit flammable gases
Class 5.1 — Oxidising substances
- PG IIUN1450Bromates, inorganic, n.o.s.
- PG IIIUN1454Calcium nitrate
- UN1479Oxidising solid, n.o.s.
- PG IIIUN1486Potassium nitrate
- PG IIIUN1498Sodium nitrate
- PG IIUN2014Hydrogen peroxide, aqueous solution (20-60%)
- PG IUN2015Hydrogen peroxide, aqueous solution, stabilised (>60%)
- PG IIIUN2067Ammonium nitrate based fertiliser
Class 6.1 — Toxic substances
- PG IUN1092Acrolein, stabilised
- PG IUN1098Allyl alcohol
- PG IUN1163Dimethylhydrazine, unsymmetrical
- PG IIUN1547Aniline
- PG IUN1580Chloropicrin
- PG IIIUN1593Dichloromethane (methylene chloride)
- PG IIIUN1663Nitrophenols
- PG IIUN1671Phenol, solid
- PG IIIUN1710Trichloroethylene
- PG IIIUN1888Chloroform
- PG IIIUN1897Tetrachloroethylene (perchloroethylene)
- PG IIUN2312Phenol, molten
Class 6.2 — Infectious substances
Class 8 — Corrosive substances
- PG IIUN1256Nitric acid (other than red fuming)
- UN1719Caustic alkali liquid, n.o.s.
- UN1740Hydrogendifluorides, solid, n.o.s.
- UN1755Chromic acid solution
- UN1760Corrosive liquid, n.o.s.
- PG IIUN1789Hydrochloric acid
- PG IUN1790Hydrofluoric acid
- PG IIUN1791Hypochlorite solution
- PG IIIUN1805Phosphoric acid, solution
- UN1814Potassium hydroxide, solution
- PG IIUN1823Sodium hydroxide, solid
- UN1824Sodium hydroxide, solution
- PG IIUN1830Sulphuric acid (>51%)
- PG IUN2031Nitric acid other than red fuming (>70%)
- PG IIIUN2209Formaldehyde solution (10-25%)
- PG IIUN2218Acrylic acid, stabilised
- UN2564Trichloroacetic acid, solution
- PG IIIUN2582Ferric chloride, solution
- PG IIIUN2672Ammonia solution (10-35%)
- UN2735Amines, liquid, corrosive, n.o.s.
- PG IIUN2789Acetic acid, glacial or solution (>80%)
- PG IIIUN2790Acetic acid solution (10-80%)
- PG IIIUN2809Mercury
- PG IIIUN2820Butyric acid
- UN3264Corrosive liquid, acidic, inorganic, n.o.s.
- UN3265Corrosive liquid, acidic, organic, n.o.s.
- UN3266Corrosive liquid, basic, inorganic, n.o.s.